Voices
These Apps Let You Bet on Deportations and Famine. Mainstream Media Is Eating It Up.
“The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion.”
Technology
Voices
Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See
Users need to revolt against what will very likely be an even more widespread effort to censor voices critical of Israel.
Voices
The Netflix–Warner Bros. Merger Is a Broadside Attack on Workers
The goal of any monopoly is to create an entity so powerful it sets the terms industrywide, leaving consumers and workers with no choice.
This Commission That Regulates Crypto Could Be Just One Guy: An Industry Lawyer
Mike Selig had dozens of crypto clients. Now he will be a key industry regulator.
Voices
Elon Musk’s Anti-Woke Wikipedia Is Calling Hitler “The Führer”
The anti-woke Wikipedia alternative aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
Chilling Dissent
The FBI Wants AI Surveillance Drones With Facial Recognition
An FBI procurement document requests information about AI surveillance on drones, raising concerns about a crackdown on free speech.
You Will Never Send Money Digitally Without a Private Company — If the GOP Gets Its Way
Republicans are trying to permanently block central bank digital currencies that would create an alternative to profit-seeking companies.
Real Estate Giant Redfin Exposed Users’ Personal Info on Listing Contact Forms
Contact forms on Redfin real estate listings displayed past users’ names, email addresses, and phone numbers.
Chilling Dissent
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Investigations, Powered by Nvidia
ICE’s investigative division, increasingly involved in ground-level immigration enforcement, is using Nvidia tech to crunch data.